Princeton University - Bric A Brac Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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DEAN GAUSS Greek and Latin for admission to upperclass concen- tration, but students majoring in Classics are encour- aged to take courses in such kindred subjects as art, philosophy, and modern languages. P Professor Gordon Hall Gerould became Chairman of the English Department after the resignation of Professor Hoyt H. Hudson last February. The Eng- lish Department acted as the keystone of the newly inaugurated American Culture Program supplying as its chairman Professor Willard Thorp, the purveyor of Bobby's English of senior singing fame. Believing that a knowledge of the past is necessary for an understanding of the present, the History pecdzf Wm eauafteft Acfcfecf . . . . PROFESSOR GODOLPHIN 14 PROFESSOR T HORP Paortsson GERQULD

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fb cancfp PROFESSOR MOREY -alia PROFESSOR Mouciw XfVith the start of the first full year of acceleration in june, all departments were faced with the problem of continuing to instruct undergraduates in their chosen fields plus taking respon- sibility for any emergency courses deemed necessary by the government for the prosecution of the war. First term courses were made available in both the Summer and Fall Terms, while second term work could be taken in either the Fall or Spring. Wliile more and more students included technical courses in their plans of study, Princeton as a liberal arts college. Seven humanistic studies, while two, sented the social sciences. The Department of Art and continued its 200-year tradition departments dealt directly with Politics and Economics, repre- Archaelogoy offered courses in all phases of ancient and modern art. The sections of music and architecture, represented by Professors Welch and Morgan respectively, still attracted students while the survey courses in sculpture and painting attracted enrollment from students in other departments. The Classics Department insists upon a thorough knowledge of 13 Pnoifisssou STRUN K

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PROFESSOR STRAYER Ja Paonassoa I-Iizwrrr-'1'HAYaR Department offers a variety of courses ranging from a freshmen term dealing with anthropology and soci- ology to those treating of modern history down to the present day. The Department of Modern Languages and Litera- tures is one of the largest departments in the University with courses in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. Special courses for government service were devised to assist in the general plan of the department which-emphasizes the importance of the languages culturally and as tools to research in cor- related helds of studyi A mainstay of the Divisional Program of the DEAN Roor 15 Pkomzssoa ScooN